Rule 8.3 - HOMESERVE

FORM 8.3

    DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE
              (Rule 8.3 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers)


1.   KEY INFORMATION

Name of person dealing        BARCLAYS PLC
(Note 1)
Company dealt in              HOMESERVE
Class of relevant security    ORD GBP0.125
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing               13 August 2007

2.   INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE

(a)  Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant
security dealt in (Note 3)

                            Long                     Short

                      Number       (%)         Number       (%)

(1) Relevant         1,197,633   1.84%       143,854      0.22%
securities
(2) Derivatives        338,122   0.52%       453,814      0.70%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and              0   0.00%             0      0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total                1,535,755   2.36%       597,668      0.92%

(b)  Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other
     than the class dealt in (Note 3)

Class of                    Long                     Short
relevant
security:

                  Number              (%)   Number              (%)

(1) Relevant
securities

(2) Derivatives
(other than
options)

(3) Options and
agreements to
purchase/sell

Total


  (c)  Rights to subscribe (Note 3)

Class of relevant security:   Details



3.   DEALINGS (Note 4)

(a)  Purchases and sales

Purchase/sale Number of Securities Price per unit
                                   (GBP)
Purchase      9,340                17.7262
Purchase      3,778                17.7444
Purchase      3,801                17.5076
Purchase      3,690                17.5469
Purchase      2,443                17.5769
Purchase      13,215               17.3474
Purchase      11,349               17.4874
Purchase      1,126                17.7141
Purchase      291                  17.0417
Purchase      2,870                17.3823
Purchase      275                  17.2635
Sale          3,690                17.5469
Sale          10,330               17.8477
Sale          19,788               17.8136
Sale          3,631                17.8382
Sale          2,631                17.6161
Sale          9,340                17.7263
Sale          987                  17.7589
Sale          1,126                17.4165
Sale          1,482                17.4323
Sale          9,340                17.7262

(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name   Long/Short    Number of     Price per
                             securities     Unit
CFD            Short         291           17.0417
CFD            Short         275           17.2634
CFD            Short         13215         17.3473
CFD            Short         2443          17.5768
CFD            Short         1126          17.714
CFD            Short         3778          17.7444
CFD            Long          1482          17.4323
CFD            Long          1151          17.553
CFD            Long          2631          17.6161
CFD            Long          9340          17.7262
CFD            Long          987           17.7588
CFD            Long          19788         17.8136

(c)  Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i)  Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Product name,   Writing,          Number of          Exercise  Type, e.g.      Expiry   Option money
e.g. call       selling,          securities to      price     American,       date     paid/received
option          purchasing,       which the option             European etc.            per unit (GBP)
                varying etc.      relates (GBP)


(ii) Exercising

Product name, e.g.  Number of           Exercise price per
call option         securities          unit (Note 5)




(d)  Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4)


Nature of transaction Details           Price per unit
(Note 8)                                (if applicable)
                                        (Note 5)




4.   OTHER INFORMATION
None

Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives


Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the
person disclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of
any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or
relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any
relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is
referenced.  If none, this should be stated.




Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9)                 NO


Date of disclosure                         14 August 2007
Contact name                               BARCLAYS COMPLIANCE
Telephone number                           020 7116 2913
If a connected EFM, name of
offeree/offeror with which connected
If a connected EFM, state nature of
connection (Note 10)